HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs Samsung Exynos 9609
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2360MHz HiSilicon Kirin 659 vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 9609 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
HiSilicon Kirin 659 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2360MHz vs 2200MHz)
Samsung Exynos 9609 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (0.0918 TFLOPS vs 0.0576 TFLOPS )
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 16nm)
Released 2 years and 4 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
HiSilicon Kirin 659
103952
Samsung Exynos 9609
+146%
256661
Geekbench 6 Single Core
HiSilicon Kirin 659
215
Samsung Exynos 9609
+68%
362
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
HiSilicon Kirin 659
810
Samsung Exynos 9609
+47%
1197
FP32 (float)
HiSilicon Kirin 659
57
Samsung Exynos 9609
+59%
91
CPU
4x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A53
Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73
4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
2360 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
16 nm
Process
10 nm
4
Transistor count
3
-
TDP
9 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Mali-T830 MP2
GPU name
Mali-G72 MP3
900 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
2
Execution units
3
16
Shading units
18
4
Max size
4
0.0576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0918 TFLOPS
1.0
Vulkan version
1.3
1.2
OpenCL version
2.0
11
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR3
Memory type
LPDDR4X
933 MHz
Memory frequency
1600 MHz
2x 32 Bit
Bus
2x 32 Bit
-
Max bandwidth
11.9 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
No
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
eMMC 5.1
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
1920 x 1200
Max display resolution
2560 x 1600
1x 16MP, 2x 8MP
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
1K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 7
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
No
5G support
No
Up to 300 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
4
Wi-Fi
5
4.2
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Jan 2017
Announced
May 2019
Mid range
Class
Mid range
Hi6250
Model number
S5E9609
